Geography important points

GEOGRAPHY

IMPORTANT POINTS

1. The first person to use the word geography was –

Erastosthenes (276 – 194 BC)

2. The First presented the India on the world map –

Tolmie

3. 10 latitude give the seperatio of – 111 kms

4. 10 Longitude is equal to – 4” (minutes)

5. The Closest capital to tropic cancer – Ranchi

6. 3 capitals are above to Tropic of Cancer – Jaipur,

Aizwol, Agarthala

7. The atmosphere layer which reflects radio – waves is

known as ‐ Lonosphere

8. Which State is known as the name of Black Water? ‐

Andaman and Nicobar

9. Which latitude divides India into two parts? – 23 ½ 0

10. The largest delta in the world is – The delta of Ganga

11. The type of climate in India is – Monsoon

12. Most of the iron in India is found in – Dharwar Rocks

13. Ozone layer is found in – Stratosphere

14. “Ring of fire” refers to – Circum – Pacific Seismic belt

15. Willy – Willy is the tropical cyclone occurring in – Coast

of North – west Australia

16. On which river, the Baglihar Hydro‐ powr project is

located? – Chenab

17. The term Rugur refers to – Black cotton Soil

18. Which two peninsular rivers flow through troughs? –

Narmad and Tapi

19. How much area does India cover of the total

geographical area of the world? – 2.42 %

20. The length of the Indian coastline is 7516.6 km